Garment-hander.



No. 863,236. PATENTED AUG. 13, 1907.

J. P. SUNDIN.

GARMENT HANGER. APPLICATION FILED MAR. 25, 1907.

NORA 15 V5 1 JOHN P. SUNDIN, OF ARGA TA, CALIFORNIA.

GARMENT-HANGER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 13, 1907.

Application filed March 25, 1907- s 364,323.

To an whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN P. SUNDIN, a citizen of the United States,residing at Arcata, in the county of Humboldt and State of California,have invented a new and useful Garment-Hanger, of which the following isa specification.

The present invention relates to improvements in garment hangers, and ithas for its object toiprovide a device of this character that is adaptedto support a suit, that is to say, the coat and vest, and the trousers,in orderly condition, the device being capable of supporting thetrousers either in their normal or an inverted position, as may bedesired, the device being so constructed that it may be folded to adaptit for use in a suit case for traveling purposes.

To these and other ends, the invention consists in certain improvementsand combinations and arrangements of parts, all as will be hereinafterfully described, the novel features being pointed out particularly inthe claims at the end of the specification.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is a perspective view of agarment hanger constructed in accordance with my present invention.Figs. 2 and 3 show the different modes of attaching the trousers to thehanger in order that the latter may be suspended either in normal orinverted positions. Fig. 4 is a view of the hanger in folded condition.Fig. 5 is a detail perspective view of the trousers attaching devices.Fig. 6 is a sectional view of one of the trousers attaching slides.

Corresponding parts in the several figures are indicated throughout bysimilar characters of reference.

In the present embodiment of the invention, the garment hanger embodiesa coat form which is preferably jointed at an intermediate point toenable it to be folded into compact form for packing or travelingpurposes, the form in the present instance embodying a pair of segmentalmembers 1 and 2 having a curvature conforming to the shoulders of anaverage coat in order that they may receive the latter and support it inits proper form. These members are pivotally connected in the presentinstance by means of a hinge 3 of any desired form, which serves toconnect their proximate ends, and into the lower edge of the member 1 isfitted a vertical portion 4 of a supporting hook 5, the latter beingrotatable relatively to the members in order that it may fold closelybetween them when the members are in folded condition. It is preferableto provide suitable means for retaining the members in opened relation,the means provided for this purpose embodying, in the present instance,a hook 6 pivoted to the side of one of the members and arranged tocooperate with a I headed projection or screw 7 on the other member, thecatch thus provided being arranged at that side of the form opposite tothe hinge, and when thehook and pro jection are engaged, the memberscomposing the coat form cannot be folded.

On the underside of the coat form toward each end are provided theguides 8 and 9, the latter being composed, in the present instance, ofwire of suitable gage having one end fitted into a longitudinallyextending aperture 10 in the end of the coat form, and having itsopposite end turned upwardly and fitted into a transversely extendingaperture 11, that portion of the guide between its attached ends beingslightly spaced from the lower edge of the form. These guides areadapted to support the trousers suspending devices, and these devices,in the present instance, are each composed of a pair of loops l1 and 12having relatively large openings at their tops to receive the head ofthe suspender button, the lower portion of the opening being reduced andadapted to receive the thread or other button fastening means, thereduced portion engaging behind the button to prevent its disengagement.These loops are employed for supporting the trousers in a positioncorresp nding to that position occupied by the trousers while beingworn, and as they cooperate with the suspender button, it is unnecessaryto employ clamping devices of any kind. These loops are preferably sosupported that they may be swung in a vertical plane to clear thosedevices that are adapted to support the trousers by engaging their loweredges, these loops being supported, in the particular embodiment shown,by the rolled ends 13 and 14 formed by a strip of sheet material, theserolled portions embracing the upper journal portions 15 and 16 of theloops.

Intermediate portions of the strip are bent or doubled upon themselvesto form a pair of loops 17l8, and journaled in these loops are the arms1920 which carry the devices for engaging the lower ends of thetrousers. The portion of the strip between the loops l9 and 20 is formedinto a loop 21, and the latter is adapted to fit upon and operatelongitudinally of their respective guides, sufiicient looseness beingprovided between the guide and the loop 21 as will produce a lockingaction between these parts when a force is applied at a distance fromthe slide engaging loop, although the devices may be adjusted freelylongitudinally of the guide when the pressure is applied at a pointadjacent to the loop 21. The strip of material, thus bent to providepivotal connections for the loops that are directed outwardly from theopposite ends of the coat form to form pins or projections adapted toenter the lower end of the trouser leg and engage the materialthereoi'at the inside, the enlargements and 26 serving to limit themovement of the'projections and thus prevent perforation of the materialof the g nt- In usinga garment hanger constructed in accordance with mypresent invention, the trousers may be suspended in-a normal or aninverted position, the ordinary. suspender buttons being utilized whenthe trousers are to be supported in an upright position.

In this-case, the buttons are passed through the rela- 20.

-rowed portions of-the latter engaging the thread or tively'largeopenings in the'loops 11 and 12, the narother fastening of the button toprevent disengagement v of the latter, and while the suspender buttonsare thus engaged by the supporting loops, the attaching devices 25carrying'the loops are moved outwardly toward the ends -of the form inorder that the garment may be fstretched to free it of wrinkles, thebinding or clamping action between the attaching devices and theirrespective guides serving to retain the former in adjusted position.

When it is desirable to suspend the trousers in an inverted position,the pointed projections 23 and 24 are inserted into the lower edges ofthe trouser legs and engaged therewith at the' front and rear where the35,

.engaged', the attaching devices are moved toward the usualcrease'occurs, and while these devices are thus ends of the form,thereby stretching the trouser legs so that they may hang without folds,the attaching devices being'automatically locked in adjusted position40- by the binding action between them and their respective guides.

While one or more pairs of trousers are thus suspended on the hanger, acoat or waistcoat, or both, may be hung over the coat 05m in the usualway, so that the hanger is capable of accommodating an entire suit ofclothes.

When it is desirable to pack the hanger into a suit case, the catch 6 isdisengaged irom its cooperating projection 7 and'the members composingthe coat form may be folded about the pin into doubled relation,

4 and this shortens the length of the device by one half.

However, although it is generally preferable to employ a foldable formby reason of its compactness, it will be understood that the inventionis not so limited, as the form may be composed of a single rigid member,and, moreover, the invention is capable of being applied to the ordinarycoat hanger.

A garment hanger constructed in accordance with my present inventionserves the dual purpose of a coat and trousers hanger, and the trousersattaching devices are so constructed that they are not only, adjustablein order that they may be correctly fitted to garments of seaasedifferent sizes, but they are also capable of supporting the trousers ineither a' natural or an inverted'position, and as these devices operateautomatically to hold themselves at the proper adjusted position, thehanger may be manipulated with the greatest facility, which is more orless 'essential in a device of this character, and, moreover, the devicemay be manuiactured so cheaply that it can be sold at a reasonableprice, as the relatively adjustable slides carrying the trousersattaching devices may be formed of sheet material by the use of dies.

What is blaimed is:

1. A garment hanger compgising a form having guides extendinglongitudinally thereof, and a pair of slides provided with upper bearingportions slidably engaging the guides and having depending bearingportions, of a pair of garment attaching devices for each slide, thesaid devices having journals arranged parallel to the guides andcooperating with the bearing portions of the respective slides forpermitting pivotal movement of the garment attaching devices relativelyto the respective slides on axes substantially parallel to the s uldguides.

2. A garment hunger having guides extending longitudinully thereof,slides mounted to operate on the respective guides, and a set of garmentattaching devices for each slide comprising a pair of loops and a pairof pointed stems, the loops and stems having journals extending parallelto the guides and cooperating with the respective slides as bearings forpermitting independent pivotal movement of the loops and stems on axessubstantially parallel to the said guides.

13. The combination with a suitable hanger having longitudinallyextending guides thereon, of a pair or trouser attaching devices eachembodying a slide adjustable longitudinally on the said guides andhaving means cooperating automatically with the guides for retaining theslides in dllierent'adjusted positions, and a pair of pointed stemspivotally attached to each slide on axes parallel to the guides, thestems on one slide being extended in a direction opposite to that of thestems on the other slide and circumterentinl garment engagingenlurgements of yielding material surrounding the said stems.

4. The combination with a suitable hanger having 'guldes thereon, ofslides provided with upper bearing portions adjustable longitudinally onthe respective guides and cooperating with the latter to lock the slidesin different adjusted positions, and a pair of loops pivotaliy attachedto each slide on axes parallel to the guides and adopted to cooperatewith the suspender buttons on a pair of trousers for supporting thelatter.

5. The combination with a suitable hanger having longitudinallyextending guides thereon, of slides adjustable relatively on said guideseach composed of a single piece of sheet metal having an intermediateloop. formed therein and slldably engaging the respective guide, theends of the loop being adapted to have a binding engagement with theguide to retain the slide in adjusted positlon, and the ends of thestrip being rolled to form bearlugs having axes arranged parallel to thedirection of the guide, and a. button engaging loop having a journalportion fitting the rolled portions of the strip.

6. In a garment hanger, the combination with a coatform having guidesextending longitudinally hereon, of a pair of trousers-attaching deviceseach eiibodying a slide adjustable longitudinally of its respectiveguide, and a pair of arms carried by each slide having pointed stemsadapted to coiiperate with the material of the trousers, the pointedends of the stems of the two siides' being oppositely directed, and theenlargements surrounding the stems and adapted to engage the innersurface of the material of each leg of the trousers.

7. In a garment hanger, the combination with a coatform having guidestoward the opposite ends extending longitudinally thereof, of a pair ofslides adjustable longitudinally of the respective guides each composedof :1 single piece of sheet metal having an intermediate loop to engagethe guide, the metal being then folded to form a pair of loops arrangedparallel and adjacent to the intermediate loop, arms journaled in saidpair of loops having outwardly directed ends adapted to engage withinthe legs of a pair of trousers, a hand encircling the folded portion ofthe metal between the loops and the ends of the metal being rolled toform journals, and button engaging loops having journal portions fittedto turn rolled portions.

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, i have hereto afiixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

in said JOHN P. SUNDIN.

